Twentieth Century Fox Film turned Christopher Buckley 's brilliant comic satire Thank You For Smokinginto an acclaimed movie. You can watch the movie trailer here, but as you know, the book is always better than the film...

It’s been a great life so far”, Marshall Karp declares on his website. Few could argue. Having carved out a successful career in advertising, overseeing contracts for the likes of Coca- Cola, Gillette and Nestlé, Karp turned to writing for TV, stage and screen. The author of the play Squabbles, and the screenwriter of the movie Just Looking, Marshall has now turned his hand to fiction. His debut, The Rabbit Factory, is 632 pages of unadulterated magic. Read on...

Crime blogger Material Witness talks to crime-writer Marshall Karp about his loveable characters Lomax and Biggs, living life with optimism, his charity work with Vitamin Angels and why he thinks 'irreverence is a quality'.